Reviews

dOc DVD Review: The Phantom of the Opera The highly underrated film adaptation of the beloved musical/opera, packed with valuable extras, becomes one of the first pictures to reach the new format of HD-DVD.

EW.com: The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom's lair, which should be a place of monstrous mystery, is a brightly lit mess of scattered bric-a-brac, complete with unmade bed. Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman.

Reeling: The Phantom of the Opera The songs generally suffer on the screen, with only the Phantom's organ-driven theme and the sexual frenzy of the climatic 'Past the Point of No Return' having any real energy.

Salon: The Phantom of the Opera "Phantom of the Opera" feels less like a movie than a nonstop amusement park ride designed to make people feel they really got their money's worth. By Stephanie Zacharek.

IGN: The Phantom of the Opera HD DVD Review Whatever your feeling about Andrew Lloyd Webber and his crowd-pleasing smash hit, this is an eye-opening example of the image and sound capabilities of HD. By Cindy White. (Published 2007-05-30 00:00:00)

Let the Spectacle Astound You Set, costumes, filming technique, all came together stunningly to make a great epic of the story of the inmates of the opera house. Review by Ercasse-ainince. (Published 2006-05-26 00:00:00)

Screen It Review: The Phantom of the Opera I was bored much of the time, with only a handful of musical numbers and some set designs managing to break that state, if only momentarily. (Published 2004-12-22 00:00:00)

VillageVoice: The Phantom Of The Opera Casting directors should know by now what countless bad musicals have shown: Just because you can carry a tune doesn't mean you can carry a whole movie. By Jorge Morales. (Published 2004-12-21 00:00:00)